the end is near...

(thoughts from friday,may 7)

i've been sucked into this bubble for so long that
it's so weird to think that i have this whole life
back in SA, all of this family, friends, and dogs
who are part of my life a few hours away.

I've been lucky that I only live 3 hours away so I've gotten
to go home more times that many people here.

but this is my life now, I live in College Station.
At least that's how its been for the last 10 months.
It'll be so weird living and working in San Antonio for 2 & 1/2 mos
(oh and Ecuador too!)

Until recently, I've been kinda nervous about these new adventures
working in a pediatric clinic for june
going abroad to Ecuador
...because these will be completely new experiences for me.
but they will definetely be great growing experiences.

but knowing that in a month i'll be working a 9-5 job for a month
and then trying to get a grasp on ecuador in july...it makes me
really appreciate what i have now. sure i may be sick of neuroscience
and can't believe i still have 3 weeks left. but thats just something else
that needs to get done. and pharmacology is pretty interesting. like
medically applied ochem <3 yay! and i have 3 wonderful weeks left with the best 2 roomies in the world.
that includes lots of gossiping, wine, and lots and lots of ice cream

...i have come to realize that not everything is easy.
sometimes the best things you have to work hard for. in fact
the best things are never quite easy.
this is true of medical school. of dating in medical school.
of cooking decent meals in medical school. of staying in touch
with friends in medical school. of moving on to bigger and better things.
of medicine.

this is the life i have choosen and i know this is where the lord wants me
or i wouldnt have been able to get this far.
in him anything is possible.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment,
toughness, heart, talent, guts.
That's what little girls are made of;
the heck with sugar and spice ! ~ Bethany Hamilton